Fall Arts Preview: Classical

Your search for a classical fall: Late and great composers featured by a wide array of companies

By Ed Symkus

Your search for a classical fall: Late and great composers featured by a wide array of companies

Boston and its suburbs have long been a center for classical music, with world class venues such as Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall and Sanders Theatre, as well as institutions including New England Conservatory, Boston Conservatory, All Newton Music School and Walnut Hill School. The local classical season generally begins in the fall and, in the case of many organizations, runs right through to the spring. The following is only a partial listing of concerts and subscription seasons up through Thanksgiving. Information on complete concert seasons is available at the Web sites.

Berlin Philharmonic: If you have a taste for European Orchestra, here’s your chance to hear one without traveling overseas. The Celebrity Series brings the Berlin Philharmonicto Symphony Hall in Boston on Nov. 19. www.celebrityseries.org

The St. Lawrence String Quartet brings its intense energy and sense of adventure to its performance of a program that includes Chausson, Schubert and Beethoven. They play Jordan Hall in Boston, on Nov. 18. www.celebrityseries.org

The New England String Ensemble returns to Jordan Hall for a program titled “Hungarian Dance” (Sept. 23). Call 781-224-1117 or visit www.newenglandstringensemble.org.

The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra has concerts at both Sanders Theatre and Jordan Hall, including works by Ginastera, Korde, Musorgksy (Oct. 18, 20, 21), and by Schubert, Bruckner (Nov. 15, 17, 18). Call 617-236-0999 or visit www.bostonphil.org.

The Cantata Singers bring a Kurt Weill slant to the new season with “The Flight of Lindbergh” (Sept. 23) at the Collings Foundation Aircraft Museum in Stow, and “Legend of the Dead Soldiers” (Nov. 9) at Jordan Hall. Call 617-868-5885 or visit www.cantatasingers.org.